Jazz for aficionados

Alex, I'm not a grumpy old man, old but not grumpy, and I'm the biggest fan of the music you post, I just don't understand how you got it. If you bought it from a record store on the South Side of Chicago, I would understand. BTW, where is your record store?

Trentmemphis, I would say that folks here mostly do not use stream services , so dont be shy with ytube.

Hmm.  I mean, I'm no young whippersnapper.  I'm in my 50s (not too grumpy, though, I hope).  I have a nice turntable and I buy records.  But for exploring music you aren't familiar with, you just can't beat a good streaming service.  (I've discovered *so* much good stuff since signing up for one a few months ago.)  If people prefer not to use them, that's cool.  I have no problem with that.  But I probably won't go looking for YT versions of artists/albums/songs I mention, just to post links here.  That's not any kind of judgment on anybody's [non]use of streaming services.  It's just a personal decision on how to use my time.  If I'm not listening to it on YT, I'm not likely to post it from YT.  I'm sure everybody knows how to look things up on there.

Well done Trentmenphis! Nice clip and nice analysis.

I generally find that guy's content interesting.  His band's music isn't my bag, but I enjoy his analyses.

Rok, maybe we should try (at least on sidelines) to define what exactly makes us like some music?

The guy on the other thread (Maghister, I believe, the one that likes Bakre/Evans) tryed to write something about it. 
Maybe we should ask him to drop by and say hello?

Here is few number just for you Hope you did not hear them before


Roy Brooks 'The free slave'

https://youtu.be/t1ay4rmkE1s

Bobby Bryant 'Aint doing to bad' from 1967.

https://youtu.be/gK6n0ixvsJM

Alex:

Most of your posts are new to me.  Both the music and the artists.  Including the two you just posted.  I think it's because of the record labels.  For some reason, most of my music collection is on the 'usual suspect' labels.  Probably because I buy the 'usual suspect' artists.

Cheers

Alex, let me tell you about something that was really painful, almost brought me to tears. I was telling a professional musician how good another professional musician was who happened to be a personal friend of mine.


"He was good, but he wasn't that good", responded the musician I was talking to.

"I'll show him", I thought, I'll find some records that will change his tune.

I scoured the best record store in town, and talked to the owner who I have known for a long time. He was familiar with the artist, and told me he had every record that artist had recorded, and that I could listen to them.

I was familiar with the records he offered, but I was looking for more; something that was recorded after the summer of 69. There was nothing to be found. I had heard the most fantastic music, this musician had ever played, and I heard it all live. Of course I had heard him live many times before, that was nothing new, but the music he was playing that Summer was new, as well as the way he was playing; I was spellbound every night I saw him, which was almost every night he played during the Summer of 69.

He got sick and died before he recorded a single note of that music. I recall he played center stage at the 4th of July St. Louis Fair, and got rave reviews. I can't find that either. I had to go back to the professional musician with nothing.

BTW, that local professional musician was a very good pianist who had a photograph resume which included many of the musicians we talked about when they came to St. Louis with out a pianist and needed one.

Although I saw him every weekend at different places for years, I can only remember his middle name, which was "Dewey". Another friend of mine who went to school with him told me the reason he didn't go on the road and become famous was because of his beautiful wife. (now that friend is deceased)  Famous or not, he made a good living here in St. Louis and had a beautiful wife and a lovely home. That's a lot better than Grant Green who did become very famous.  (For all I know, Grant Green might have had a beautiful wife, but he wasn't rich)

I always thought fame and fortune went together, what do I know?